Dang Frank was already on his jazz compositions back in 61 interesting

Definitely prefer the later Wind Blows

Actually this is my fave version

Probably because I'm not that familiar with all the archaic niche genres that sprouted out of the city but these dudes sound like they're inventing a new genre on every song

just looking up Jimmy Page studio highlights from '64 and thats him on this

50s were mad trash

youtube.com/watch?v=j95kNwZw8YY

where is Umm Kulthum or Sotiria Bellou?

this list is a little bit canonical and ethnocentric imo

David Bowies first single back when he was Davie Jones and The King Bee's

not exactly popping a wheelie on the zeitgeist yet

put us on to them

just because those names aren't easily pronounceable and are foreign, doesnt mean im attempting to be pretentious or obscure

those two artists are universally known in their respective regions just don't have western critical acclaim

i didnt say you were? we listen to lots of foreign music and are always open to hear more. especially from this era.

its right there in the op; "pull up with anything you want"

The Band in '63 thought they were just Hawkins (canadian rockabilly legend) touring band but heres Robbie absolutely scorching on record

That's what you took way from his reply?

trigger warning for the deadhead

yeah that was confusing

and also what am i supposed to do, research every prominent artist in every country on earth that would be amazing but i dont have time for that right now

dont think its being "ethocentric" since im just one dude on a ktt thread digging into my own culture, not a whole staff writing a book on world music or smthn

lol, not too triggering especially considering that im sure the Dead themselves were huge Band fans

and yup just tried to google and Garcia said he loves them and complemented their playing together and writing, and Robertson was a favorite guitarist

feel like writing Band type songs was basically their ideal standard. not that they came anywhere near it because their strength lied in entirely different realms but it all comes from that roots appreciating basis. I can hear some significant Band influences on their 1970 stuff which is possibly the most pivotal point in their career

and dont forget your goat was a huge admirer and even called Garcia like a big brother maybe one day I'll listen to the notorious trash Dylan and the Dead 1987 live album. they did Joey on it lmao

"There are a lot of spaces and advances between the Carter family, Buddy Holly and, say, Ornette Coleman, a lot of universes, but he filled them all without being a member of any school." actually a really great quote about Garcia from Dylan

Dude was on the defensive for no reason

Yeah I was joking, just knew you'd like that tidbit

And yeah I like the rootsy Dead alot more than psych Dead. I'll let you lay some highlights on me yet again as we go through their era. Were they not doing anything primordial in '64?

damn Jimmy Page played on some gems this year

also played on Them's Baby Please Dont Go and The Stones Heart Of Stone which is news to me

Dead didnt form until 1965 and the earliest I heard from them is 1966

but check this out from 1964 with 3 dead members on it and a great band name

interesting that you prefer rootsy Dead to psych, but I guess it makes some sense given your attitude about their noodling. The rootsier stuff took me more time to appreciate, and I can tell I'll (hopefully) still come to appreciate it more in the future because there's a lot of stuff now I still don't love. but I'm hoping that it's just because of s***ty vocals and the country/folk style not being understood enough by me to really appreciate it

they introduced me to a lot of great songs though tbh, like Merle's Mama Tried and Sing Me Back Home, Johnny Cash's Big River, Otis' Hard to Handle, Kris Kristofferson's Me and Bobby McGee. i'll be extremely happy if my country (+folk in the future) learning leads me to appreciate their whole craft more. right now my Deadhead fandom has basically been going for the long and psych/jazz jams rather than the simple rootsy labors of love

making my 64 list rn btw

i know Take A Whiff On Me version i heard first lol;

youtube.com/watch?v=Xb8bYrJR2hg

dig the jug band vibe on this tho jerry singing?

damn yeah maybe i should check out some ronnie hawkins

yeah its Jerry on vocals

i never really checked out any of that super early stuff except just looking it up on youtube but maybe i should actually give it a real listen. I'm guessing Deadheads might underrate it as a mere curiosity because they aren't fans of traditional jug band/bluegrass s***

but can we agree Jack had the most scorching tone since Jeff and Jimmy

i know his vocal there was a little but goddamn he has the nastiest sounding guitar